Cooking-stove.



N0. 708,002. Pa'tented sept. 2, |902.

`w.v N. M0005.

CUDKING STOVE.

(Application tiled Apr. 21, 1902.)

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WILLIAM N. MOORE, OF JOLIET, ILLINOIS.

COOKING-STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 708,062, dated September 2, 1902.

Application ined April 21, 1902.'

T0 all whom, t may concern.: f

Be it known that I, WILLIAMKN. MOORE, a citizen of the United States,resi ding at Joliet, in the county of Will and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cooking-Stoves, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention"relates';to improvements in cooking stoves or ranges, and more particularly in the construction and arrangement of the key-plate thereof, or, in other words, of that section of the stove-top which overlies the fire-box and carriesthe griddles or covers immediately above the fire. The invention contemplates the pivoting of such key-plate at one edge, so that it may be swung up to expose the fire for broiling or toasting or to enable the fire to be more readily raked, replenished, or rekindled.

To this end the invention consists in the matters hereinafter set forth, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim, and will be fully understood from the following description of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective viewof the front end of a cooking stov'e or range provided with a hinged or swinging key-plate in accordance with the present improvement. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view better' showing the manner in which said key-plate is supported in its raised position. Fig. 3 is a top plan detail of the plate itself. i In said drawings, A designates a cooking stove or range the structural details of which, except in the particulars hereinafter mentioned, are not of importance herein and need not be particularly described. A designates the top of said stove or range, A2 its upper framework, which rises above'the top A2 in a familiar manner to support a warming oven or shelf, as the case may be, and B is the rectangular key-plate, which covers the firepot and supports the covers or griddles B', that lie immediately above the fire. Said key-plate is made bodily removable after the manner commonly employed in structures of this character and is also provided at one edge with pivot-pintles b, upon which the key-plate may be swung open, as upon a hinge. (See Fig. 2.) As hereinshown, these pivot-pintles b are located at the inner edge Serial No. 103,840. (No model.)

of the key-plate or that most remote from the adjacent end of the stove, and the swinging movement of the plate will be upwardly and inwardly, as shown in said Fig. 2, so as to render the iire readily accessible from said end. To support it in this raised position, the rear outer corner of the plate is attached to a suspender C, which depends from the adjacent side bracket of the back frame A2 of the stove. This suspender consists in this instance of a vflexible cable or chain, which is carried over a pulleyD on'the inner face of the side bracket ct of said back frame. The inner end of this chain is secured to a projecting ear d on the outer rear cornerY of the key-plate, and its outer end, which is carried through an aperture ct in the side bracket adjacent to the pulley D,

is provided with a handle c, which may be .-hookednnder a projection 0.2 on the outer `face of said bracket to hold the key-plate up.

When the key-plate is down or closed flush with the top of the stove, this handle c will be raised nearly to the aperture a', as shown in Fig. l; butit is only necessary to seize the handle, draw it down, and pass it under the projecting hook a2 in order to swing the keyplate open, as in- Fig. 2, and hold it Aindeiinitely in this position. This will uncover the entire fire -pot and greatly facilitate those cooking operations, such as toasting or broiling, which demand direct l exposure to the fire. It will also greatly facilitate building of the ire, as well as the raking or replenishing of a fire already built. A little strap or ledge 01,3 of the stove-top is provided to inclose the rear pintle b of the key-plate and prevent the latter from being pulled up out of place when the plate is lifted by theV chain C, as described.

It will of course be obvious that the chain C may be replaced bya exible metallic cable or the like and with the same result and that various other changes maybe made in the details of the construction shown without departure from the spirit of the invention claimed.

It will be observed that bythe arrangement shown the suspender and its attaching lug b' will be out of the way of the cooking vessels, thereby practically eliminating all danger of the suspending-chain and said. lug being inj ured by the heavier kinds of cooking vessels.

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It will also be seen that by attaching the lifting device to the rear Outer corner of the keyplate it will be necessary to employ but one keeper or strap to hold the pintles in place and that that one will be located at the back of the stove, Where it will be out of the Way in case it is desired, for the purposes of strength and economy, to have it project above the surface of the stove-top.

I claim as my invention- A stove having a back frame and a side bracket at its rear and also a key-plate in its top, adjacent to said bracket, said key-plate being pivotally connected at its inner edge to the stove-top, so that it will swing upwardly and inwardly, a lifting and suspending device connected to the rear Outer corner of the key-plate, adjacent to said side bracket, and extending upward and connected to said side bracket, and means for locking said suspending device when the key-plate'is lifted.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I affix my signature, in presence of two subscribing Witnesses, this 29th day of March, A. D. 1902.

WILLIAM N. MOORE.

NVitnesses:

GERTRUDE A. MOORE, LAURENCE L. MOORE. 

